Doubt springs from the mind; faith is the daughter of the soul.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle—that is, being human.

As long as you can breathe, you can begin to dream.

Female murderers get sheaves of offers of marriage.

I never write anything down. I write onstage.

(A ruler) cannot and should not keep his word when to do so would go against his interests or when the reason he pledged it no longer holds.

In my family, they were all big boozers, but they all lived to ripe old ages.

Now [after election] where it goes into violence, I have a zero tolerance for riots.

There are boundless possibilities for us if we dare to act in God and dare to believe!

Everything is bicycle.

Loving someone is tiring and it hurts, but it's not something I can stop.